WE don’t have to travel far across the mainland Europe before we realise how far they have advanced and how far Wales has declined under decades of Labour controlled local governments.

Most of our coastal resorts are more dilapidated today than they were at the end of the Second World War, even the street furniture in our residential areas (railing, street lighting etc) are more suited for an industrial site or a cattle market than areas where people have to live.

Local government in Wales seems to have no imagination, innovation or flare whatsoever, they talk a lot about the environment, while their lack of visions is transforming much of Wales into somewhere resembling Albania in the 1970s.